Hi Wendy: I see you posted the recipe for the Viennese Crescents. They "sound" delicious, but not the ones I was thinking of that my Mom used to make. They were made with cream cheese, butter, flour (I guess), and that's all I can remember. She used to roll up little balls (before or after refrigering the dough) and than roll out the little balls, spread on some filling, roll them up and shape into the crecsent shapes. I guess that unbelievably delicious recipe is "gone" forever. Thanks again for your Mom's recipe.

My grandmother made these every Christmas when I was a little girl, and of course, I had the honor of helping her. I've never been much for nuts in my food, but I love these cookies. Our family's heritage is German (among other things) and we called these cookies "Kieflies" (pronounced "Kee-flees").

My grandmother passed on in 1997, but I continue to make these cookies every Christmas in her memory and am teaching my 5 y/o DS to make them. I love reading her writing on the recipe card each year. It makes me feel close to her again and brings up those wonderful childhood memories.

How interesting! We call these Sand Tarts. I have an Austrian recipe called Vanillekipfeln (in actual German) that calls for butter, sugar, flour, and ground almonds. The cookies are dusted with powdered sugar after cooling. Isn't it neat how such similarly named cookies have such a wide variety of ingredients?